Post by Jonathan Mejia on Apr 1, 2014 10:01:38 GMT -5
March 2014 Forum Stats and Announcements
Hello everyone,
Here is my "insider information" about the forum to everyone. The forum statistics that I keep track of are Pageviews, New Threads, New Members, and # of Posts made. I can create a graph with a bigger range, but here is the graph for March of 2014:
So here is how the graph works. The Number of Posts made is in red, Number of Threads Created is in green, and the New Members is in yellow. All three of these are measured in the left hand scale.
The Number of Pageviews in blue is measured on the right hand scale.
-----Totals-----
One thing we can do with the graph is calculate the totals by looking at the area under each line .
Here are the totals for the month:
Pageviews: 76,562
Posts: 674
Threads: 62
New Members: 16
1 of the new member accounts was spam so the 15 NEW MEMBERS OF THE MONTH ARE:
mossie
midtowncarnivores
roraima
shotgunner
lalidino90
stpaman
carnilover
sgtsarracenia
natchgreyes
jborchidguy
johnsmith
aerogrower
theplantman
pigeonracer
kimbruun
midtowncarnivores
roraima
shotgunner
lalidino90
stpaman
carnilover
sgtsarracenia
natchgreyes
jborchidguy
johnsmith
aerogrower
theplantman
pigeonracer
kimbruun
If you haven't done so already, head over to the introduction section of the website, and welcome the new folks, or send them a PM introducing yourselves. I am sure they would like to meet all of you. Building a healthy community will keep people coming back, especially new members which may be shy about participating in the forums for the first time!
-----T-Shirt-----
If you haven't noticed, there is a t-shirt subforum under ideas and suggestions!
sarracenia.proboards.com/board/33/sarracenia-2014-shirt
There are only 3 days left to vote on a t-shirt design. Right after that, I will be putting up 3 polls, asking members to vote on shirt color, price, and which organization we will be donating to. This will be taking place from April 3- April 10th. We also need to create a Blurb about the project on the teespring page, and so I will be creating a thread asking members to help with that as well. Keep checking back to this subforum often, because it will be busy this month. Soon after the tenth, when everything is in order the shirt will go up for sale (YAY).
-----April 2014 Monthly Pictures-----
The April monthly pictures thread is now open! But if you have photos left from March, don't worry. I will not be closing the old thread until mid April, so you still have time to post in it. Here is a link to the April thread:
sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/1226/april-2014
-----25% off Pitcher Plant Project Seeds-----
There are only 5 packets of seed left in the Pitcher Plant Projects 2014 seed sale. They are 25% off at the moment. Get them while you can here:
thepitcherplantproject.com/blog/theshop/2013-seeds/
-----Calendar Events-----
It is the start of the busy season. If you click on the name of any event, it will redirect you to the website of the event where you can learn more. Here is the Calendar of events this month:
April 11th 2014:
---Pennsylvania Herb and Garden Fesitval in York Pennsylvania- Carnivorous Plant Nursery Will be here
April 12th 2014:
---The NECPS Meeting (NorthEast Carnivorous Plant Society) in Providence Rhode Island-talk will be about "Orchids that Grow with Carnivorous Plants", Frank Meglio
---Pennsylvania Herb and Garden Fesitval in York, Pennsylvania- Carnivorous Plant Nursery Will be here
---Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society Meeting at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley-Many of our members will be attending this event. Please take pictures to share!
---Hortlandia Plant Sale in Porland, OR- carnibitch will be at this event, and she will have some of Jerry's named plants for sale!
April 13th 2014:
---Hortlandia Plant Sale in Portland, OR- carnibitch will be at this event, and she will have some of Jerry's named plants for sale!
April 26th 2014:
---Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival at 25 W Market St, Leesburg, VA- The Carnivorous Plant Nursery will be at this event.
April 27th 2014:
---Queens Botanical Garden Arborfest (Queens NY)- Our member midtowncarnivores will be at this event! On top of being a vendor, they will also be doing plant feeding demos at this event. I, Jonathan Mejia, also plan on attending this event, so stop me if you see me. and If you can't stop by, you can be sure I will be taking pictures for the forum!
---Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival at 25 W Market St, Leesburg, VA- The Carnivorous Plant Nursery will be at this event.
So yeah, busy month! Mark your calendars. Also, to check on more events, be sure to look at our calendar located here:
sarracenia.proboards.com/calendar
If you would like to add a calendar event, please feel free to, or pm Jonathan Mejia to add it for you
Just an aside, last month has been the best month ever in terms of new members, posts, and Page Views, Lets keep up the good work and the momentum! Thank you so much for making this forum great. I'd like to personally thank goodkoalie and greenthumb for the excellent work moderating the forum. I'd also like to thank greenthumb for his free seed thread which allowed 11 members to receive free Open Pollinated Sarracenia seeds
Lets keep up the awesome work.